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URGENT: Support the proposed Wildlife Corridor Zone!

Wildlife corridors link fragmented areas of habitat through open space, allowing wildlife to get to essential core habitat areas for water, food and mating. Until now, Ventura County has not considered impacts to wildlife when granting over-the-counter ministerial permits for structures in the corridors. This first-of-its-kind Wildlife Corridor zoning will allow for both wildlife mobility and human activity.

The Board of Supervisors needs to hear your support for these wildlife protections. You can attend the public hearing March 12, 2019 at 1:00 PM in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room (800 S. Victoria Street, Ventura CA 93003). Join dozens of neighbors and community organizations as we speak up for wildlife!

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The first-of-its-kind Wildlife Corridor Zone proposal passed in a 3-2 vote by the Ventura County Board of Supervisors! This ordinance will protect wildlife corridors connecting open space and mountains at the urban interface.

Thank you to all who made their voice heard, whether at the public hearing, via email or letter, or on social media. We appreciate your support in passing this monumental initiative! ...

In a historic 3-2 vote&comma; the Ventura County Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance protecting wildlife corridors connecting the Los Padres National Forest&comma; Santa Monica Mountains&comma; and other lands in the county&period; This ordinance is the first of its kind in California&period; Thank you to the scientists&comma; organizations&comma; and residents who waited several hours to speak in support of the proposal at the hearing—we were glad to have such great company at the eight-hour hearing&excl; The result would likely have been different if not for the more than 750 people who submitted letters of support to their supervisors&period; And thank you to the county's Planning Division for their work developing the ordinance and to the Board of Supervisors for having the foresight to adopt these critical protections that will give wildlife in the region a fighting chance for long-term survival&period;

Good job but we have had one of this in the river close to the junk yards between Santa Paula And Saticoy I used to take Joe to work at that site years ago he was all excited about that job I recall he loved animals

Thank You&excl; It’s the right thing to do for the long term future of our natural environment&period; Humans are not above nature but intimately connected to it&period;

How are humans going to force the wildlife to use this corridor instead of the corridor the wildlife have been using all along&quest;

"Ventura County’s ordinance could help our region...[safeguard] known wildlife corridors. The ordinance would limit disturbances to lions by encouraging clustering of development, establishing setbacks from streams and wildlife-crossing structures, and prohibiting excessive lighting and wildlife-impermeable fencing.

Such measures are crucial to mountain lions because they’re extremely sensitive to human activities and development. One study found that when mountain lions hear human voices, they immediately leave the area— even if that means abandoning their prey.

The ordinance also will give other animals room to find food, shelter and mates as climate change and development intensify. That could help save California’s official state amphibian—the California red-legged frog—as well as creatures like the southern steelhead trout."

Support the Wildlife Corridor Zone! Tomorrow's public hearing at the Board of Supervisors Chambers in Ventura will determine the fate of this proposed ordinance to protect our wildlife. Details: bit.ly/2F636hK...

His short life ended with a sickening thud on a Ventura County freeway&period; When the mountain lion kitten became roadkill two years ago&comma; he made headlines for perishing just weeks after his mother was killed on the same part of Highway 118&period; Car collisions are a key reason why mountain lions are on the v&period;&period;&period;